Sweetbreads on mushroom (morel) risotto. Sweetbreads or ris are culinary names for the thymus (also called throat, gullet, or neck sweetbread) or the pancreas (also called heart, stomach, or belly sweetbread), especially of calf (ris de veau) and lamb (ris d'agneau), and, less commonly, of beef and pork.weetbreads on mushroom (morel) risotto. Sweetbreads or ris are culinary names for the thymus (also called throat, gullet, or neck sweetbread) or the pancreas (also called heart, stomach, or belly sweetbread), especially of calf (ris de veau) and lamb (ris d'agneau), and, less commonly, of beef and pork.
White Russian (plural White Russians) ( 1 history) a White Guardist, a Russian who supported the tsar in the 1917 Revolution and the Russian Civil War (1917â1923), and afterward. (Russian history) ( 2 obsolete) A Belarusian person. 3  A cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk.
The name Belarus derives from the term White Russia, which first appeared in German and Latin medieval literature. The Latin term for the area was Russia Alba. Historically, the country was referred to in English as White Russia.n 1922, the BSSR became a founding member of the USSR. The so-called White Russians (Belarusians), Little Russians (Ukrainians), and Great Russians (Russians) were all Soviets now. The Russian translation for Belarus is White Russia. Flax is the plant from which linen is made.